The Disintegration of Iraq Has Begun–William O. Beeman–New America Media
http://newamericamedia.org/2014/06/the-disintegration-of-iraq-has-begun.php The Disintegration of Iraq Has Begun New America Media, News Analysis, Wi…
The Power of Vulnerability – This Anthro Life
Episode 29, Season 3 Vulnerability evokes multiple feelings simultaneously-intense discomfort, respect and awe, intimacy, and fear. Why does it resonate so broadly and deeply across contexts? What sh…
Inter-Reflexions Photography 2014
For those of you who missed the Inter-Reflexions video and photo exhibition on June 3rd, worry not. You can now watch the videos on line, just click on…
Morris B. Hoffman, “The Punisher’s Brain: The Evolution of Judge and Jury”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Big Ideas] Why do we feel guilty–and sometimes hurt ourselves–when we harm someone? Why do we become angry–and sometimes violent–when we see ot……
Morris B. Hoffman, “The Punisher’s Brain: The Evolution of Judge and Jury” (Cambridge UP, 2014)
Why do we feel guilty–and sometimes hurt ourselves–when we harm someone? Why do we become angry–and sometimes violent–when we see other people being harmed? Why do we forgive…
Jan Chipchase’s guide for pop-up field studios
A pop-up studio in Myanmar, Photo by Jan Chipchase. Editor’s note: Jan Chipchase, a former creative director of Global Insights at Frog Design and principal scientist at Nokia,…
We’re Number One
Every year business-oriented publications like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger’s rate college majors. What
We’re Number One
Every year business-oriented publications like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger’s rate college majors. What
Cymene Howe, “Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Gender Studies] With Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua (Duke University Press, 2013), Cymene Howe offers an ethnography o… Visit New Books in Anthropology…
Cymene Howe, “Intimate Activism: “The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua” (Duke UP, 2013)
With Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua (Duke University Press, 2013), Cymene Howe offers an ethnography of activism. Woven into Nicaragua’s politic… Visit New Books in Anthropology…
HOMO MENSURA
Antropologi er en humanisme Den antropologiske disciplin har siden sin fødsel kæmpet en nærmest kronisk kamp for disciplinær identitet såvel indadtil som udadtil. Det antropologiske kompleks har funde…
Squeaky Dolphin
From an article about the anxieties of big data by Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford. 2014 is the year we learned about Squeaky Dolphin. That’s the Pynchon-worthy code name…
Verklempt: Historically Informed Digital Ethnography
I’m not one to speak about theory and method in the abstract. But when I am asked about my method, I typically respond that I use historically informed…
PhD Year One
I recently finished my first year of my PhD program in anthropology at Binghamton University. Now, I am course complete and working on bibliographies for my qualifying exams.…
Isaac Weiner, “Religion Out Loud: Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Religion] In 2004, the traditionally Polish-Catholic community of Hamtramck Michigan became the site of a debate over the Muslim call to prayer. Members of the…
Isaac Weiner, “Religion Out Loud: Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism” (NYU Press, 2014)
In 2004, the traditionally Polish-Catholic community of Hamtramck Michigan became the site of a debate over the Muslim call to prayer. Members of the Hamtramck community engaged in…
Who needs an ethnographer?
I recently found myself lamenting the lack of ethnography in my professional life with a new acquaintance. Don’t get me wrong: my job stretches me in other ways.…